THE WALL OF FACES

Bill was my youngest brother we were very close and I will always miss him. To this day and for as long as I am able I will keep a flag flying at his grave site. Thank you for also remembering him.

Bill was the youngest of seven children of Claude and Georgina Silva. Six brothers, George, Jerry, Jim, Tom, Ron and one sister, Claudette.
Although we miss our brother Bill very much and always will we are also very proud of him.
Medals awarded to Bill were:
Bronze Star Medal with V for Heroism
Purple Heart
Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
Vietnam Military Merit Medal

B Company, 2/35th Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 25th Inf Division.
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
www.cacti35th.org

Dear William,
I am a Burrillville High School and I'm only four years younger than you were when the war started. It doesn't seem right for such a young person to be sent to war. I am proud that a man such as yourself represented the United States. You are a hero in my book.

Billy will always be remembered as a good friend from the neighborhood. He is missed by many friends